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That one reminds me of a quote from the 21st century philosopher Lil' Jon. - "Yeah!" Its a perfect example of what alignment is good at. Being short hand for a much more complex and nuanced set of beliefs. Bats, like most characters with some depth, has it in him to be every alignment in the...

Got it. Then my opinion changes dramatically. I like the idea in principle. A lot. What are you trying to accomplish with the new system? More (or less) realism, lethality, complexity of combat, encounter speed, over all feel? A better idea of what you are trying to do helps us narrow our thoughts.

I would be interested to see how this played out across an adventure. You have effectively replaced 5e's "you usually get hit," with "you almost always get hit." My assumption is that Dex would be diminished even further in importance, as would armor. Rolling armor into a damage reduction...

These memes are always ridiculous. Cap as LG, really? Didn't the man just go all "public enemy #1?"

Who would you be trying to save? Every evil life you end makes the world a better place. Do as much damage as you can, for as long as you can. Then retreat/escape. Step on enough spider worshipers and there might even be enough room for a less hostile religion to supplant it. This... well, I'm...

You just reduced MAD and nerfed the coolest part of the barbarian. Alternative materials for armor would be faster, easier, and less disruptive.

I'm going to go out on a limb and guess that you aren't a big fan of collectors' items. Thats fine. I'm not either. That doesn't mean that overpriced limited edition stuff doesn't have a market. It's been a marketing practice for decades.

Mind you, this was 4 presidents ago, so I could be mistaken or just remembering a bad GM, but something along the lines of "the action you declared is the only action you can take." Kind of the way readied actions work now. If the trigger never happens, you don't act.

It is cumbersome, but this looks like what Shadowrun(i think) used a few decades ago. It was definitely one of the non d20 games I played in the 90s. Maybe Battletech. The part that we are missing is that it can seriously bone the slower characters. Example: Init 1: I shoot guy A. Init 5: I...

That sounds better represented by the poster that suggested using proficiency. A suggestion that has IMO, serious merit, but would usually be a wash since everyone likely has the same proficiency modifier. INT - Intelligence measures mental acuity, accuracy of recall, and the ability to...

For me that would mean wisdom (at least the way d&d is set up,) but there is enough gray area that i can see where you are coming from.

Let me preface this by admitting that I have NOT played with this style of initiative in 5e AND that I don't have any books in front of me to check the wording on a large selectionof spells. That being said, this style seems to slightly favor instantaneous spells over spells with a duration...

The d20 roll works for the "openings and advantages." The mechanic right now for "skills and training" is Improved Initiative. Dex bonus is "reaction time." Seems to work out ok.

Now, I will be the first to say "play the way you like," but for me, Int has never been in any way associated with reaction times. If I wanted to tie a mental stat to initiative it would be Wis. That being said, a feat or class ability that added Int to initiative, particularly one that flavored...

Got it. Not a fan for 5e, but I understand the reasoning. IME intelligence actually hinders acting quickly, thats why you drill until you react without thought, but maybe if you were executing a plan.

I'm curious about the reasoning behind Int modifier to initiative, as suggested by multiple posters. What about the Intelligence stat makes you feel that it should be impactful here?

You take your mac and cheese to the kids table. The adults like some variety.

Ain't nobody talking about Forgettable Realms over here.

Ya know, I reread your response a half dozen times before I realized you originally specified DL deities, and you are correct, but seeing as how the novels post release made combat with the gods central to multiple storylines, it would be unconscionable to omit them in a DL specific product...

Deities and Demigods called. They said, "do too," and hung up. Then I heard a voice-mail from Rise of Tiamat that was just a 5 headed dragon goddess crying because she apparently meant nothing to you. Magic in Ravenloft does have some changes to specific spells, thats true, but Dragonlance has...